Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

Palmyra, Syria: Syrians are once again picnicking amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by extremists but still awe-inspiring, and open to the public following the overthrow of ...

“The (Palmyra) museum was in a deplorable state, with missing documents and artifacts — we have no idea what happened to them.” At the theater, the Tetrapylon, and other ruins along the main ...

Palmyra, was once a key hub to the ancient Silk Road network linking the Roman and Parthian empires to Asia. Located in the Syrian desert, it is renowned for its 2,000-year-old Roman-era ruins.

Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but still awe-inspiring, and open to the public following the overthrow of ...

"Palmyra and the ruins have been through horrors. The site has seen IS, Iran, the Russians, all of the militias you could think of," he said. Yet he is among the lucky ones able to settle back home.